August 2, 2026

Minutes Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 2, 2026

Minutes records meetings and turns them into notes you own. It is built so that the honest answer to "where does my data go" is almost always "nowhere."

This policy describes what the app does with your information, what leaves your device and when, and what I can and cannot see. I am Kyle Browning, an independent developer, and Minutes is my app.

The short version

  • Recording, transcription, speaker labels, summaries, search, and chat all run on your device. None of that content is sent anywhere.
  • The audio recording is deleted from your device once you approve the note. The note is what lasts.
  • There is no account. No email address, no password, no sign in.
  • I have no analytics, no tracking, no advertising, and no third-party SDK that collects anything about you.
  • Three optional features send data off your device, and each one only does so after you turn it on: sync, the GitHub mirror, and on-device model downloads. Each is described below.

What stays on your device

By default, everything. Specifically:

  • Audio. Recorded to your device's storage and deleted when you confirm the note. It is never uploaded.
  • Transcripts and summaries. Produced on your device by Apple's speech frameworks, Apple's on-device language model, and on-device machine learning models. No transcript text is sent to me or to any third party for processing.
  • Speaker voiceprints. The numeric representation Minutes uses to recognize a voice across meetings is stored on your device alongside the meeting.
  • Your notes. Markdown files in the app's storage, plus a local database index used for search.
  • Calendar data. If you grant calendar access, Minutes reads your events to show your day and offer a record prompt. That access is read only, the data stays on your device, and Minutes never writes to your calendar.

Optional: sync between your devices

If you buy sync and turn it on, your meetings can travel between your own devices. When you do:

  • Everything is encrypted on your device before it leaves. The server stores ciphertext. It cannot read your meetings, transcripts, summaries, or names, and neither can I.
  • There is still no account. Your identity is a cryptographic key your devices generate. There is no email address or profile attached to it. A 12-word recovery phrase, which only you hold, is the only way to restore access. If you lose it, I cannot recover your data, because there is nothing readable to recover.
  • What the server does hold: the encrypted blocks themselves, the public keys of your paired devices, timestamps of when data was uploaded, and, if you allow notifications, an Apple push token used to wake your other devices.
  • Device verification. When a device registers, Minutes asks Apple's App Attest service, through the service Grantiva, to confirm the app is a genuine copy running on genuine hardware. This prevents abuse of the server. It does not identify you.
  • The sync server is operated by me and runs at sync.minutes.app.

You can delete everything held for your account from within the app. Deletion removes the stored ciphertext and your device records.

Optional: the GitHub mirror

If you provide a GitHub access token and choose a repository, Minutes commits each confirmed note to that repository as Markdown.

This sends your notes to GitHub. That is the point of the feature, and it happens only because you set it up, using your token, to a repository you control. Your token is stored in your device's keychain, is never synced between devices, and is never sent anywhere except to GitHub. Once a note reaches your repository, GitHub's privacy policy governs it.

Optional: on-device model downloads

The first time certain features run, Minutes downloads machine learning models to your device from Hugging Face, a model hosting service. These downloads request model files only. No audio, transcript, or personal information is included in the request.

Purchases

Minutes is sold through the App Store as one-time purchases. Apple handles the transaction. I never see your payment details, and I receive only the anonymous sales reports Apple provides to every developer. Purchases can be shared with your family through Apple's Family Sharing.

Children

Minutes is not directed at children and does not knowingly collect information from anyone. Because the app requires no account and collects no personal information, there is nothing for me to collect from a child or anyone else.

Recording laws

Recording laws vary by state and country, and some require the consent of everyone being recorded. Minutes does not ask the room for permission, and complying with the law where you are is your responsibility.

Changes

If this policy changes in a way that affects what leaves your device, I will update this page and change the date at the top. Meaningful changes will also be noted in the app's release notes.

Contact

Questions about this policy, or about what Minutes does with your data, go to [email protected].